Cherokees

Cultural  

1. A Native American tribe who lived in the Southeast in the early nineteenth century; the Cherokees were known as one of the “civilized tribes” because they built schools and published a newspaper. In the 1830s, the United States government forcibly removed most of the tribe to reservations west of the Mississippi River. (See Trail of Tears.)

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Example Sentences

Mattel should have considered traditional pucker toe moccasins, instead of black shoes, and included symbols on the basket that Cherokees use to tell a story, she said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 4, 2023

In addition to having peer recovery specialists who are Cherokees, the recovery curriculum includes traditional activities like bead making, talking circles and stickball.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Still, the Cherokees could face headwinds in the deeply divided House.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

“As an Oklahoman and Native American I certainly don’t have any objection to the Cherokees getting a delegate. That’d be a good thing in a lot of ways,” Cole said.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

At the end of this campaign, five thousand Cherokees were made refugees, and the number of deaths remained uncounted.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz